Alex SwartOct 7, 2021Chinatown: A Perfect Movie PosterI first saw the Chinatown poster in a display case at our small town movie house, ambitiously named The Ritz. Once inside the darkened...
Alex SwartSep 10, 2020Eighties Elegance: Movie Posters From a Gilded DecadeThe polished conservative look of the Eighties, consisting of serif typography and representational imagery, matched the political climate..
Alex SwartJul 14, 2020When Style and Design AgreedZeitgeist sums up the spirit of an era, including the applied arts. There was a year when synchronicity occurred across design disciplines..
Alex SwartApr 21, 2020The View From Our Dining RoomWriters and designers start with a blank page and imagine something that only feels inevitable once completed. That also applies to business